Theses defended
Congratulations to the following graduate students who successfully defended their theses:
Jill O'Hara (M.Sc. - January 11) - Traits associated with competitive abilities of 12 wetland species along successional and nutritional gradients (Supervised by Dr. P. Ryser)
Vanessa Bonanno (M.Sc. - January 11) - Intraspecific variation in ejaculate investment as a response to sperm competition in the North American red squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus) (Supervised by Dr. A. Schulte-Hostedde)
Quoc Hao Mach (M.Sc. - January 11) - The effects of complex electromagnetic fields on spatial neuronal organization and ermergent behaviours (Supervised by Dr. M.A. Persinger)
Robert Dallas Linley (M.Sc. - January 18) - The role of predators in the recovery of limnetic zooplankton from acidification: A mesocosm study (Supervised by Dr. C.W. Ramcharan)
Kelly Vandeligt (M.Sc. - January 28) - Molecular analysis of Pinus banksiana and Pinus resinosa populations from the Sudbury (Ontario) region: development and application of microsatellite markers (Supervised by Dr. K. Nkongolo)
Paul Whissell (M.Sc. February 8) - Behavioural and biological effects of developmental exposure to simple, complex and composite magnetic fields (Supervised by Dr. M.A. Persinger)
Anne Kidd (M.Sc.- February 27) - Mink gone wild: hybridization between escaped farm and wild American mink (Neovison vison) in a natural context (Supervised by Dr. A. Schulte-Hostedde)
Seminars presented
January 11 - Dr. Susan Dudley (Dept. of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON) - Kin recognition in three annual plants (Invited by Dr. P. Ryser)
January 25 - Dr. Graham Thompson (University of Western Ontario, London, ON) - Evolutionary genetics of social life: Lessons from termites and bees (Invited by Dr. J. Litzgus)
February 8 - Michele Bobyn (Colorado Bureau of Investigation, Pueblo, CO, USA) - CBI: The real CSI (Invited by Dr. J. Litzgus and Dr. S. Fairgrieve)
February 15 - Dr. John Kovacs (Nipissing University, North Bay, ON) - Approaches for monitoring mangrove forests of the Mexican Pacific (Invited by Dr. A. Schulte-Hostedde)
February 29 - Josh Laughren (World Wildlife Fund, Toronto, ON) - Fishing for Answers: The future of fish and fishing (Invited by Dr. J. Litzgus)
Graduate Student Research Symposium - February 12, 2008
8:45 a.m.- 9:00 a.m. / Opening Remarks / Mots d’ouverture / 8 h 45 à 9 h :
Judith Woodsworth, President / Rectrice; Paul Colilli, Dean of the School of Graduate Studies / Doyen de l’ École des Études Supérieures
Communications
9:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. / / 9 h à 10 h 15
Chair/Présidente: Patrice Sawyer, Dean of Science and Engineering / Doyen de la Faculté des sciences et génie
Amanda M. Bennett (Biology / Biologie)
EFFECTS OF HUMAN DISTURBANCE ON POPULATIONS OF NORTHERN MAP TURTLES (GRAPTEMYS GEOGRAPHICA) ON THE TRENT-SEVERN WATERWAY, ONTARIO, CANADA
Megan L. Rasmussen (Biology / Biologie)
MATERNAL INVESTMENT IN A LAKE HURON POPULATION OF SPOTTED TURTLES (Clemmys guttata)
Christopher B. Edge (Biology / Biologie)
THE LONG COLD JOURNEY: HOW BLANDING’S TURTLES (EMYDOIDEA BLANDINGII) SURVIVE THE WINTER
10:15 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. / 10 h 15 à 11 h 30
Chair/Président: Anne-Marie Mawhiney, Dean of Professional Schools/Doyenne de la Faculté des écoles professionnelles
Phil Evans (Biology / Biologie)
ERYTHROPOIETIN AND MILD HEAD INJURY: THE DANGERS OF BLOOD DOPING
Yimei Jia (Biomolecular Sciences / Sciences biomoléculaires)
METABOLIC KINETICS OF SPIN-LABELED GENTAMICIN BY THE PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA
Ashley Tremblay (Biology / Biologie)
GENETIC AND PHENOTYPIC DIFFERENTIATION IN YELLOW PERCH (PERCA FLAVESCENS) POPULATIONS ACROSS HABITAT AND PREDATION GRADIENTS IN SUDBURY, ON
Mackensey Bacon (Biology / Biologie)
RBM10’S ROLE IN CANCER: FINDING THE PEARL IN THE OYSTER
11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. / 11 h 30 à 12 h 45
Chair/Président: Paul Colilli, Dean of the School of Graduate Studies / Doyen de l’ école des études supérieures
Michelle Robinson (History/ Histoire)
DYING TO LEARN: INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND DEATH AMONG THE CHILDREN IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA’S INDIAN RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS, 1889-1910
Alain P. Gauthier (Rural and Northern Health / Santé dans les milieux ruraux et du Nord)
IMPACT OF A UNIQUE SOCIO-LINGUISTIC AND GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT ON PHYSICAL ACTIVITY: A MIXED METHODS STUDY OF FRANCOPHONE ADULTS IN NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO
Anna-Liisa Mottonen (Human Studies / Sciences humaines)
IS PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS TRAINING INFLUENTIAL IN THE ACQUISITION OF LETTER-SOUND CORRESPONDENCE KNOWLEDGE?
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - Lunch / 13 h - 14 h - Un repas
2:00 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. / 14 h - 15 h 15
Chair/Présidente: Tammy Eger, School of Human Kinetics / École des Sciences de l’activité physique
Fawzeya Gharghar (Physics)
NUCLEAR LEVEL DENSITY
Eanas Awaj (Physics / Physique)
EFFECT OF SHIFTING PROSTATE PATEINTS TREATED WITH IMAGE-GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY ON DOSE DISTRIBUTIONS
Alison Buckner (Biology / Biologie)
THE EFFECTS OF FLAX SEED OIL (LINUM USITATISSIMUM) ON CELL GROWTH OF MALIGNANT VERSUS NON-MALIGNANT CELL LINES
Lucy Patterson (Biology / Biologie)
CORRELATES OF MALE REPRODUCTIVE SUCCESS IN THE EASTERN CHIPMUNK (TAMIAS STRIATUS)
3 :15 p.m. - 4 :30 p.m. / 15 h 15 - 16 h 30
Chair/Président: Nelson Belzile, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry / Département de chimie et biochimie
Andreas Luek (Biology / Biologie)
RECOVERING BENTHIC INVERTEBRATE COMMUNITIES: A BOTTLENECK FOR WHOLE LAKE BIOLOGICAL RECOVERY?
Gino Ubriaco (Biology / Biologie)
THE EFFECTS OF OXIDATIVE STRESS ON PHENYLETHANOLAMINE N-METHYLTRANSFERASE GENE REGULATION
Greg Wang (Natural Resources Engineering / Génie)
SEISMIC MIGRATION MODELING AT MINE WIDE SCALE
Posters / Affiches
Dan-Yi Yang (Boreal Ecology / Écologie boréale)
HOW DOES SE INTERACT WITH METHYLMERCURY IN LIVING ORGANISMS?
Jesse Popp (Biology / Biologie)
SITE FIDELITY AND SUBPOPULATION STRUCTURING IN THE MEALY MOUNTAIN WOODLAND CARIBOU HERD (RANGIFER TARANDUS CARIBOU) IN LABRADOR
David Lewis (Geology / Géologie)
A NEW INTERPRETATION OF THE TIMING AND EVOLUTION OF THRUST FAULTS IN THE FLIN FLON MINING CAMP, SASKATCHEWAN
Yen T. H. Truong (Boreal Ecology / Écologie boréale)
BEHAVIOUR OF SELENIUM IN AQUATIC SYSTEMS
Ivailo Petrov (Physics / Physique)
POTENTIAL USE OF X-RAY DIFFRACTION CT FOR DETECTING (VISUALIZING) CANCERS IN BREAST BIOPSIES
Robert Tang (Physics / Physique)
ANALYSIS OF X-RAY DIFFRACTION SIGNALS FROM BIOPSY PHANTOMS: PRELIMINARY STEPS TOWARD BREAST CANCER DETECTION
Reuben John Mathew (Engineering / Génie)
MITIGATING SULFUR OCCLUSION OF HIGH PYRITE CONTENT FEED MATERIALS
Michelle Martin (Biology / Biologie)
POPULATION DYNAMICS, SUSTAINABILITY AND HABITAT USE OF ELK (CERVUS ELAPHUS) IN THE BURWASH AREA, ONTARIO.
Congratulations
Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Nashieli Garcia Alaniz for receiving a CONACYT Scholarship from Mexico in the amount of $20,000.00 for the final year of her degree 2008-09. Nashieli's thesis topic is " Felid Predator/Prey Systems Associated with the Montes Azules Biosphere Reserve and the Surrounding Lacandon Forest, Chiapas, Mexico" and her co-supervisors are Dr. Frank F. Mallory and Dr. Abdel Omri.
Congratulations to Jesse Popp, M.Sc. student for receiving the Government of Ontario - Tembec Graduate Scholarship in Science & Technology worth $10,000.00. Jesse's thesis is entitled "Genetic and Population Analysis of the Mealy Mountain Caribou Herd, Laborador: An Assessment of Meta-Population Status and Site Fidelity" and her co- supervisors are Dr. Frank F. Mallory and Dr. James Schaefer.
Dr. Joe Shorthouse has received a grant from the Barcoding of Life people at the University of Guelph to undertake a comparative study of the genetic profile of the species of Diplolepis gall wasp that he has found across Canada.
Publications
Brown, G.S. and F.F. Mallory. 2007. A review of ungulate nutrition and the role of top-down and bottom-up forces in woodland caribou population dynamics. National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, Technical Bulletin No. 934: 1-94.
Metsaranta, J. and F.F. Mallory. 2007. Ecology and habitat selection of a woodland caribou population in west central Manitoba, Canada. Northeastern Naturalist 14: 571-588.
Brown, G.S., L. Landriault, D. Sleep and F.F. Mallory. 2007. Comment arising from a paper by Wittmer et al: hypothesis testing for top-down and bottom-up effects in woodland caribou population dynamics. Oecologica 154: 485-492.
Capodagli, L. and G.H. Parker. Accumulation and tissue distribution of toxic metals with accompanying effects on body condition measures, in mink (Mustela vison) and muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) living near mining/smelting operations. In: Environmental Research at the Leading Edge. Gore, R.B. (ed.); Nova Science Publishers, Inc., NY. 2007. pp. 75-112.
Ryser P. & Emerson P. 2007. Growth, root and leaf structure, and biomass allocation in Leucanthemum vulgare Lam. (Asteraceae) as influenced by heavy-metal-containing slag. Plant and Soil 301: 315-324.
Gorrell, J.C., and A.I. Schulte-Hostedde. 2008. Patterns of parasitism and body size in red squirrels (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus). Canadian Journal of Zoology 86: 99-107.
Schulte-Hostedde, A.I., M.A. Eys, and K. Johnson. 2008. Female mate choice is influenced by male sport participation. Evolutionary Psychology 6: 113-124.